Birdline Victoria Weekly Update

Birdline Victoria

Published sightings for the week ending 20 May 2012.

Sun 20 May	Pink Robin Long Hollow Reserve, Beaumaris Unusual behaviour (flycatching?). Not a male, it was flying between perches on large branches about 4m up in nearly closed woodland by the boardwalk as if flycatching. A bit later I saw it/one lower down by bracken. . Michael Norris
Sat 19 May	Yellow-tufted Honeyeater Woodlands Historic Park (Greenvale) Yellow-tufted Honeyeater. One seen near the back paddock. Sonja Ross and BirdLife Melbourne Photography group
Fri 18 May	Rose Robin. Daisy Hill. We observed a male Rose Robin at very close quarters at 1130 HRS today. At times he would perch for several minutes at 2 meters distance. In fact on one occasion he flew between my legs. Got excellent photos of him over a 2 hour period. Brian Hendrickson&Warren Palmer.
Thu 17 May	Intermediate Egret Lake Tyers Coastal Park (Long Point) Intermediate Egret (1) individual bird seen by 4 observers BirdLife East Gippsland
Wed 16 May	Swift Parrot Hoppers Crossing 4 flying high, heading NW around 7:30 this morning. Then one flying NW very low over Cambridge Primary School around 8am Dave Torr
Tue 15 May	Swift Parrot Borrell St, Keilor A single vocal bird feeding and moving about area all morning. Lots of flowering Sugar Gum and Spotted Gum in the street. This is the 2nd or 3rd record I have for the area. Steve Davidson
Mon 14 May	Bar-tailed Godwit, Great Knot Ocean Grove 45 Barwits and 12 Great Knot seen by the Barwon River. Bob and Jan Hughes
Wed 9 May	Osprey Bells Beach A single Osprey flying around the Bells Beach surfing area at sunrise. An unusual companion flying past with a few Pacific Gulls. Isaac Clarey

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